The training workshop aims at enhancing national institutions' analytical capacity for assessing and monitoring food insecurity and poverty at the national and sub-national levels.

Participants were trained in processing and analyzing food consumption data collected in the Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey, using software developed by the FAO Statistics Division.

Results will include a suite of reliable indicators for assessing and monitoring food insecurity and poverty, including the prevalence of undernourishment (Millennium Development Goal Indicator number 5).

National Institute of Statistics ( NIS ), Phnom Penh, Cambodia

- Improve the analytical capacity of the national institutions responsible for assessing and monitoring food insecurity and poverty, in particular the National Institute of Statistics (NIS).

- produce reliable statistics on food insecurity and poverty at the national and sub-national levels. These will be used for measuring progress towards targets established under the country policy reference frameworks and international initiatives - in particular, the World Food Summit (WFS) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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